Myth Quotes

992 Myth quotes by 711 unique authors

The myth is a surviving fragment of the psychic life of the infancy of the race whilst the dream is the myth of the individual. — Karl Abraham
Intellectual freedom is essential -- freedom to obtain and distribute information, freedom for open-minded and unfearing debate and freedom from pressure by officialdom and prejudices.… — Andrei Sakharov
The power of both myth and art is this magical ability to open doors, to make connections — not only between us and the natural… — Alan Lee
I'm drawn to characters who bear similarities to the protagonists in myths and legends. (...) — Alan Lee
They do not depend upon mere legends and myths. They are not predicated on the false conception that the Emperor is divine and that the… — Hirohito
It helps to regard soul as an active intelligence, forming and plotting each person's fate. Translators use "plot" to render the ancient Greek word mythos… — James Hillman
Just as the introduction of the irrational numbers ... is a convenient myth [which] simplifies the laws of arithmetic ... so physical objects are postulated… — Willard Van Orman Quine
I have yet to encounter that common myth of weak men, an insurmountable barrier. — James Lane Allen
The sun is our father, the earth is our mother. And God is a myth destroying our family. — Steve Fowler
To be an American (unlike being English or French or whatever) is precisely to imagine a destiny rather than to inherit one; since we have… — Leslie Fiedler
There's so much myth and baloney. Like a 80-year-old man able to manhandle a 300-pounder with his little finger. Ridiculous. Or this matter of breaking… — Bruce Lee
The idea of a liberal media bias is simply a myth. If only it were true, we might have a more humane, open-minded, and ultimately… — Barbra Streisand
It is difficult to separate, at times, the myth from the truth. — Bob Kane
The Rising was mainly a piece of streat theatre designed by poets for dramatic effect. For better or worse, it became part of the founding… — Unknown Author
Stumbling upon the next great invention in an 'ah-ha!' moment is a myth. — James Dyson
That image of the common drunk is a myth. There is a thing called a maintenance drinker which may very well be a mother of… — Unknown Author
There's an elegiac quality in watching [American wilderness] go, because it's our own myth, the American frontier, that's deteriorating before our eyes. I feel a… — Peter Matthiessen
Kill off the sacred bear. Kill off the ancestral crocodile. Kill off the myth-wrapped tiger. Kill off the lion. You haven't conquered a people, or… — David Quammen
The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and the agreed myth of its conquerors. — Meridel Le Sueur
It is my belief that we need a new transnational sustaining 'myth' that can impart value and respect. It is my further belief that we… — Stuart Kauffman
We must...forge partnerships with those around us, and begin to dismantle the myth of solitary perfection. — Debora Spar
To be a hero means being the author of your own myth. — Alberto Villoldo
You call a star a star, and say it is just a ball of matter moving on a mathematical course. But that is merely how… — Humphrey Carpenter
Real life is about accepting ups and downs, the good and the bad, the possibility of failure as well as the ambition to succeed. Atheism… — Julian Baggini
One the one hand, our economists treat human beings as rational actors making choices to maximize their own economic benefit. On the other hand, the… — John Michael Greer

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